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Would public opinion have been different for the War in Iraq had Iraqi civilians had access to smartphones? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There’s no doubt a key driver behind opposition to the Gaza massacre, especially among normie types, has been the footage from smartphones showing the mass destruction and casualties.

Hypothetically, if the War in Iraq occurred with 2023 smartphone technology, how would this have impacted public opinion?

Would Bush have been re-elected in 2004?

Also, for historians of the war, is there a particular atrocity during the war that has been documented by activists or watchdogs but has limited photographic evidence, that had it been recorded by smartphone, could have single-handedly turned the tide of public opinion?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Not sure. They literally showed fucking bombs falling on the middle east on live TV during the War in Iraq and the right wing was still like Hoo-Ra about it and being extremely fucking racist and calling for more. It was even policy to have journalists embedded in combat groups. Obviously they were choosy about what they showed, but it's not like we had a huge lack of footage about what was going on over there at the time. I remember seeing videos of tanks shooting and there were graphic violent videos of execution of Iraqis and shit like that.

On the other hand, they only showed those live bombs like once so, maybe.

IDK, maybe i'm doomerpilled but i think most amerikkkans are too racist to really care. Especially when the Propaganda Machine was turned up to 11 and everyone was happy to kill any brown arab looking person just for the crime of looking middle eastern.